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POETRY TRAIN 2010 to 2025 Forward, Onward, and Upwards.

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Portrait by Olan L. Smith


Portrait by Lucas Lazar


My Internet Writing Life Motto is-
Keep it Poetry and Poetry Shall Keep You:,
Short Bio:Hazard…

I do not use AI and never will.

I have to take the road that Bruce Lee took towards the Martial Arts, as an Analogy here. Like Water; I take the Literature Arts of Poetry. In the beginning I used free verse, swift rhyming, lyrical, metal-rap-groove verse.
With definition and aggression. Now I try different systems, in all genres, as always, And put them to my personal use, furthermore put to use what is useful when needed, and reject what I don’t need at the time for a specific write. Using no specific way is the way, I am the way I write, but keeping in mind, the tools at hand. No limitations as the limitation. With all poetry styles (trapping, and grabbing)- (Mind locks-Heart locks-Spiritual locks-) Honestly expressing ones self is difficult to do (Because sometimes there are no words for lifes creations): The Poet, the creating individual is always more important than any style or system. Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, And add to what is your own. I write my own interpretation of poetry.

Concepts behind concepts. Dedicating to creating creative new-original thoughts, and poetry. Like I write with one hand, but if I could write with the other, at the same time, a different poem, that would be to break boundaries.
As asking multi-tasking: Poetry styles separate poets. Style is a continuous growth. Poetry skills/tools are weapons and you have to use all of them, to incorporate all styles. (Move all parts of your poetry) Put everything into it, all energy. Rest then progress. A true poet is constantly growing, and when he or she are bound by a set of styles, or a way of doing things, that’s when he, or she stops growing. To reach a reader you have to move
to them, advance, and retreat- advance retreat, furthermore slide and step back, push, and push back, circle them (put the reader on defense), and close them in, and hit them with the best closure.

Poetry is like water, flexible, it has to go somewhere.

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POETRY TRAIN NOVELS/SERIES
Serial Historical Fiction & Non Fiction – Trilogy

State Poems, and Edited by Charles H. Gragg
Charles lives peacefully in Northern California with his lovely wife, three cats and a wide variety of nature’s beasts that frequent our pond and acreage

He began writing in 2007 at the age of 70. A bit of a late bloomer. In the past eight years he has written well over six hundred poems and short stories. and self published four books of poetry and prose. The subject matter has been varied. He has written a couple of short stories and a number of poems with Irish and Scottish lore as the theme as well as poems that focus on nature, politics, humor and the heavens.

Whatever the subject may be his primary objective is to entertain and to stimulate the reader’s imagination and give rise to thoughts that might awaken one’s curiosity about this ever changing world in which we live.

Cover art by _Selena Howard Her Art.

Selena’s early years were spent moving across much of the United States. In 1974 she returned to central Connecticut, her birthplace, where she currently resides. Selena began writing poetry to cope with the feelings that arise from the upheaval of a difficult home life; and in the process, developed a passion for expressing herself through the written word.

Selena’s grandmother was a source of inspiration in her early years, and she continues to surround herself with the people she most admires and respects. She enjoys reading the works of Walt Whitman, Jack Kerouac, Emily Dickinson, and Sylvia Plath, to name a few. She believes that your past does not define who you are, but that you define your past. A positive attitude is key to her successes, both past and present.


Edited by Charles H. Gragg
Cover Art by Kristin Morrison

Paperback
POETRY TRAIN AFRICA on Inkitt.com
Co Edited by Munia Khan
Munia Khan was born on a spring night of 15th March in the year 1981. She enjoys her journey to the literary world. Most of her works are poems of different genres, short stories and articles. She is the author of five poetry collections and one non-fiction inspirational book : ‘Beyond The Vernal Mind’ (September 6, , 2012, USA), ‘To Evince The Blue’ (Published 29 October, 2014, USA), ‘Versified’ (23 October, 2016,Tel Aviv, Israel) and ‘Fireclay’ ( Published March 3, 2020, USA) and ‘Attainable’ ( USA, 2 June, 2020), ‘The Half Circle’ (Published July 15, 2020 USA) Her poetry is the reflection of her own life experience. Her works have been translated into various languages: Japanese, Romanian, Urdu, Italian, Dutch, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Albanian, Finnish, Greek, German, French, Indonesian, Hindi, Turkish, Arabic, Bengali and in Irish language. Her poetry has been published in several anthologies, literary journals, magazines and in newspapers. Her words have been inscribed on a series of commemorative plaques in Ireland including one standing in the grounds of Holy Trinity Church at Holy Trinity Heritage Centre at Carlingford, Ireland as a tribute to those lost in the collision of the SS Connemara and the SS Retriever in 1916. Her quote has also been inscribed on a memorial plaque( in Tribute to the Hannah shipwreck victims in 1849) beside Newry Canal one hundred metres from the town centre in Newry, Ireland.
Cover art (screenplays cover art by Yours truly!)
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PoetryTrain.com


What can I say about John E O’Hara’s (aka John E Wordslinger) metaphorical book, “Poetry Train America,” and all in this series of books, but wow! I was with him in 2008/9, online, when the idea was born, and even then I thought, “This is an ambitious project,” a project to bring modern day poets together, online, and printed book form, “Poetry Train America” and now “Poetry Train Canada”, and “Poetry Train Africa.” Too many poets find themselves toiling in obscurity, and in the darkness. With his first adventure in seeking out these poets, John traveled, virtually, from state-to-state seeking out these poets, gathering them together in to his “train” and giving them a free ride into the world of his intellect. Many people couldn’t grasp the idea, the metaphor, or John’s desire to give this train wheels, wheels into the future, and it seems it has become his life’s ambition to record all the living poets on this globe he finds worthy of a ticket. The idea that once in print he is giving them immortality. I own this book and it is proudly displayed on my coffee table! I’m not saying this because I’m one of those Missouri poets he chose, I’m saying this, because I believe in the genius that is John E O’Hara’s dream, to record the poets of the living world and give them recognition, giving them flight into immortality.
Olan L. Smith,
Missouri poet and artist,
September 18, 2019
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Poetry Train Canada -Introduction By George Thompson aka Geo
Out of the dark and into the light at the end of the tunnel, John E Wordslinger, as in Poetry Train America, continues his creative process, with a poetic and historical journey across Canada. From sea to sea to sea, his main characters Red and Andy, whilst traversing this great nation, once again meet poets, board trains and recant their stories and adventures. Historical figures (politicians, engineers, workers) and the impact are once again brought to life.

John creates a sense of poetic wonder by touching each Province and Territory and their resident poets. Finding poets and their works creates a sense of wonder at the wealth of words and themes inherent within each piece. Red and Andy continue to weave their stories and provide humorous interludes and the many sacrifices made, as we learn of the railways and their part in building this great nation. Dreams and realities of what once was and will be are the order of the day. Moving into the present the author focuses on the Poet Igloo Bill, for both Canada and the U.S.A., and the need to link all Poets and their Poetry in unity.

With this book, John sends a message of inspiration that helped build a nation, by weaving it with poetry and using trains as the medium. Be patient and open minded. Express your imagination. The magic of words has moved mountains. Poets record the visionary impact of life. The hard work and dedication of railroaders has moved mountains and helped build this nation. It is the lifeblood that continues to play a daily role.

The engineer with hand poised on the throttle, east, west, north, south, the rails feel the pulse of the engine’s thrum.

The poet, with pen poised and readied bleeds and shares, until the final rendezvous.

MATHIAS T. SAFARI to JOHN E. WORDSLINGER and THE POETRY TRAIN


This book of Poetry is a 10 year celebration Anthology of Poets worldwide featuring Train & Railroad literature.
John E. WordSlingers’ Poems & Page Numbers:
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JIMMY THE HUMAN TRAIN 184
TRAIN TRESTLE 185
RESCUER 186
VISIT THE KISS/ROMANTIC TRAIN 187
YOUR ROCKING TRAIN 188
LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD TOOK THE TRAIN 189
DESERTxPRESS – xPRESS WEST TRAIN 191
POETRY TRAIN POLKA 192
THE G CORD GHOST 193
THE MAGLEV CHROMA ENGINE 311 #S-15/1970 194
GHOSTS ARE GOING TO LOVE HIGH SPEED TRAINS 196
GHOST TOWN DANCE 197
TRAIN ROUTES #TJR03-10-73 COUPLER & #KKW09-15-70 200
THE CURVATURE 201
FE 203
MR. WELCHBERRYS’ RXR WATCH 204
LIKE A GLASS TRAIN 206
SHE WAS A PULLMAN CAR PROSTITUTE 207
MYSTIQUE (ELECTRIC OWL) 208
MOSCOW TRAIN 209
CUT ME INTO RAZOR BLADES 211
APOLOGY TRAIN TO FORGIVENESS STATION 213

Featured with these Great Poets & Writers
Charles H. Gragg, G.R. Grover, Olan L. Smith, James Harmon, Eve Brackenbury, Jason Ryberg, K. R. Graff, Glenn Meisenheimer, Pete Hamilton, Dominic Albanese, John P. Sturgill, Glenn Shaw, Dave Shafran, Carlos ‘Water’ Gomez, Christopher M. Flakus, Dana-Zoe Gest, Christopher Leibow, Deborah L. Kelly, Richard Doiron, Genni Gunn, Geo Thompson, Nardine Sanderson, Ellie Yotanka Brown, Deborah Thompson, Candice James, Natalia Govsha, Yi Pang, Majaha Nkonyane, Lia Angelica Tohmè, Nassira Nezzar, Mathias T. Safari, Eddy Ongil, Ajay Kumar Nair, Norbert Góra, John E. WordSlinger, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Maria do Carmo Abecassis, Carolina Noémia Abranches de Sousa Soares, Josephine Spencer, John Andrew Howell, Archibald Lampman, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Rupert Brooke, Mark Van Doren, Carl Sandburg, & Ezra Pound.

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VIDEO: TRAIN STATIONS via Chicago Metra,Texas Eagle & Sunset Limited Trains Amtrak
Train Stations via Chicago Metra, Texas Eagle & Sunset Limited Trains Amtrak Videography & Photography of John E. WordSlinger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PlLi-OET48&list=PLLCrKHqwtqiL1M2CM6deYai6tpBw3c1UI

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POETRY by John E. WordSlinger

POETRY/

A RAINDROP TO THE JUMPING WOLF SPIDER

A picture of five sisters, and a Mickey
Mouse watch was placed in a corner slot of an eave.
The house was built a long time ago by a family man
so this must have been the 1930’s.

I felt, heard, and tasted a raindrop.
The sound of forever. I hope to always remember.
Beauty in time is appreciated. I finally was washed
and cleansed. Real and beautiful. I was tired, but
there was something from this event. Something
very deep. One of the men played with the sun,
as if little fire sparked in his hands.
There was another man, and he was looking
at the picture in amazement. The both of them
were just sitting there on the porch, and
I was in awe. The sky was there, and I some how
gained the nerve to scope all of them out.
I had to see the thieves. I didn’t know if I should
play dead. I was devastated. Just devastated.

The watch with the mouse on it, and the picture
was my families honor, but these invaders took
those items. I felt defeated, I felt shame. I thought
I was lost. Gone, all gone, but I finally grasped
my surrounding, relaxed from shock. It was from
the darkness of peace, when they placed the wood
back over my home. When the men returned
with their clashing, I don’t know, but I felt peace,
and angry all at the same time. My little ears could
never dream of something so pleasant that fell
near me. I have never seen, or heard anything
like it before. I could see light even with my eyes
closed with fear. A life less spider I was, silent.
Compulsed into silence. I was deaf. The man-giants
deafened me. The echo forever rings. The tones
of destruction sung. Bang bang, bing bing.
Scrape and tung, whisk and whask, over and over.

The surface that kept the foundation from washing
away from the rain was tore away piece by piece.
Men with furious force. Loudness crashed the gutters
below. This day was different, and all I thought
about was my duty. For generations, we held guard
of those relics. I believe that watch, a time sequencer,
and that picture of those five girls I awoke to every
morning will be always missed, and never the same
shall I be. Tales as far back as any of my ancestors
can remember about those five sisters, have been told
so many times that they have changed, many different
versions. So I believed I was safe from everything.
The peace and happiness way up high, near the sun
in this homes eave. I remember learning web wisdom,
and finally mastering it, altogether it lead to my post.
Many days ago have separated us. I do remember
the shaken ground, but those moments are silent now.
Concrete to me are man lands clashing with time
turning into canyons. But today I have no duties.
Now all I have is time to jump, and play, and to hope,
to not get washed away, or crushed, but only to be
splashed by a rain drop. I feel free, but I’ll always
be captured by those little girls faces, and tales.


Malachim Nectars of Sound: The All

THE GEARS

KEY – COLOR – ANGEL – APOSTLE – ZODIAC – BIRTH STONE

E – Blue Violet – Barbiel – James – Scorpio/Scorpion October 23rd to November 21st – Topaz

F – Violet/Purple – Advacheil – Thaddaesus/Jude – Sagittarius/Archer November 22nd to December 21st – Turquoise

F# – Violet Red – Ambriel – Simon – Gemini/Twins May 20th to June 20th – Pearl

G – Deep Red – Haniel – Judas – Capricorn/Goat December 22nd to January 20th – Garnet

G# – Red – Muriel – Bartholomew – Cancer/Crab June 21st to July 22nd – Ruby

A – Red Orange – Gabriel – Simon Peter – Aquarius/Water Carrier January 21st to February 19th – Amethyst

Bb – Orange – Vershiel – Andrew – Leo/Lion July 23rd to August 21st – Sardonyx

B – Yellow – Barchiel – James – Pisces/Fish February 20th to March 20th – Blood stone

C – Yellow Green – Hameliel – John – Virgo/Virgin August 22nd to September 22nd – Sapphire

C# – Green – Malahidael – Phillip – Aries/Ram – March 21st to April 19th – Diamond

D – Green Blue – Ariel – Thomas – Libra/Scales September 23rd to October 22nd – Opal

Eb – Blue – Asmodel – Matthew – Taurus/Bull April 20th to May 19th – Emerald


Brutal Poetry Against Atheists & Reason Furthermore a Battle Cry For Angels Take Flight

Narrated by _Hank Beukema

The Slingtionarious Wictionary is a book of designed words along with definitions and poems with the sketched words by the Poet John E. WordSlinger. He established himself as a Poet on the 15th of October of the year 1987, in Willow Springs, IL by writing poetry at a picnic, and since then he has written poetry, music, historical fiction, legal bills, and screenplays, furthermore words. Readers of John gave him the name WordSlinger, and called his work Slingtionarious. John came home early from roofing one day that day, and seen his street musician friend Mr. Landrum who was doing what he loves to do, and that was to play bongos and other percussion instruments to make a dollar on the streets of Seattle, and John stopped by listened for a while, and asked Michael if he would like to go to lunch, John was buying. Michael agreed and upon lunch, John had a couple of notebooks with him. Michael asked what they were. John replied one is a journal of my time here in Seattle, and one is poetry I ‘am writing. Michael asked John if he could read the poems, and John agreed. John was looking at everyone walk by outside, and after a while. Michael said, “Oh man, you are the ultimate WordSlinger, and that’s what I ‘am going to call you the WordSlinger”. John laughed and thought about and said, “I like that John E. WordSlinger.” In the year of 2008 of December John signed up on a online poetry website called originalpoetry.com as WordSlinger, and after about a year he earned a following for his poetry, and Poets noticed his signature poetry and more then that his designed words. The Poet MS. LaShell aka Tender Poison who has read many poems of Johns, and one day she left a comment, “You should start a Slingtionarious Wictionary.” So Elayne coined this delightful term for Johns’ talent. John loved this, and kept in his journals, and did just that, started ‘The Slingtionarious Wictionary,” Furthermore John collaborated with Poets from that Poetry website and two Poems are presented in this book. Collaborations with Malik Petterson and Kimberly Hillard. In this book of word sketches aka designed words and poetry. You will read of words created and poems written from the years of 2005 forward. This book also has Johns’ definitions of his word sketches. John calls all of his literary work, Nudged Sketches of Flighty Things.

Introduction By Dana Zoe Gest
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When I first ‘met’ John E. O’Hara in the summer of 2010, I had just started uploading my first poetry videos onto to Youtube. He wrote me to ask if he could place some in a playlist on his Channel for a group he founded, the ‘Poetry Train’. From the very first time I talked with John aka WordSlinger I was intrigued by his use of words. Absolutely a Gentleman speaking in a courtly manner, he also spoke with a kind of poetic shorthand where words moved around on a sentence and paragraph that could catch you by surprise, sometimes witty, sometimes inspired, some strange, but strangely and definitely his own. As I was to learn, there was a lot about John’s world that was decidedly his own, especially his vision of poetry, poets and the very future of its art.
John writes:
“o path, pathos i have seen, spiked not a dream
and beauty today gets more and more mean
lets remove the masks, rip them off if needed
show power, offend as beauty offends, to see
to be is to not be at all, withering on a loved ones lap”
– excerpt, ‘Timeless Beauty’
‘ My Human Leakage Test’
At the core of it all, John is sure about himself, his words, his love of them, and the words of others. With a decidedly Mid-western ethos, John works tirelessly at his craft and art. It isn’t useless effort or just an reflection of the life around him, it is about making every word he writes Stand on their own two legs: true content in a world where beautiful lan-guage can cover and hide the cliches and lack of meaning. Followed quick on the heels of his two previous releases, ‘Theater of Thunder’ and ‘My Human Leakage Test’ this third volume is a collection of poems with a bent of play-fullness intermingled with his always organ-ized work of storytelling flow. This book was fun to read, and delve further into the inner world of John WordSlinger, the conductor, sheriff and *Rick Grimes of our collective open poetry group known as the “Poetry Train’, where he invites the well-versed, the experimental and new practitioners of the art of Poetry to join him, and the rest of the group, on a personal quest of raising our poetic voices. I leave you to enjoy this book. It is the sum of John’s smile, wry humor and yet clear voice telling us his story. Don’t rush through it. Maybe, like myself, you have wanted to experiment a bit more. This is the book to Inspire one to further the adventure for yourself.
“Like all the promises i tried to keep
They turned into a frog and leaped
A 69 kiss, Oh my, am i deep
I’ve turned into a log and i dreeft”
Dreeft, p. 107
I want to personally thank you, John E. O’ Hara, for being a constant in my creative world these past six years. I hope it is for many more. To a friend, mentor, and colleague; Thank You.  _Dana Zoe Gest



My Human Leakage Test On January 25th, 2014 John E. WordSlinger took Veteran Jester 1 to Edward Himes Jr Hospital in Chicago, and it was colder then he could remember ever in Chicago. The wind was cutting through the bones, and the ground was pounding cold. The snow that was plowed along the parking lots were 15 feet high. Once inside the book ‘On Photography’ by Susan Sontag’ was given to him by request, and inspired this book of Poetry, to inspire the next generation of Poets worldwide. There’s a war on Poetry and the Poets are winning.



THEATER OF THUNDER The Poetry of John E. WordSlinger Love, Romance, and light Erotica Poetry.



Co book of Poetry with Oren O. Cousins
Oren O. Cousins is a Jamaican retired teacher, novelist and poet. He was born in St. Margaret’s Bay, Jamaica, August 15, 1932, and grew on his parents’ small farm in the village of Fruitful Vale, Portland, Jamaica. He began his formal education at the village elementary school. He is a graduate of Mico Teachers’ College and the University of The West Indies. He served as a teacher and school principal for forty years, retiring in 1992, as the first Principal of Bog Walk Secondary School ( now known as Bog Walk High School. ) In retirement, he writes novels, poetry and articles, and serves his fellow-men as a Lay Magistrate, voluntary counsellor and philanthropist of very moderate means. Cousins is the winner of numerous literary awards, including the Jamaica Daily Gleaner Silver Pen Award. JCDC bronze Medal for Creative Literature and the prestigious Vic Reid Award for Children and Young People’s Literature. His first novel, “Road To Damascus,” was published in 2005 by LMH Bookpublishers. “Jamaica. American – Jamaican Anthology of Original Poetry” was co-authored with an American, John E. Wordslinger and published in 2009, in USA. Four other books, up to date, are processed for publication in USA. Mr. Cousins is a an ardent free-thinking Roman Catholic who hates injustices, discrimination against women, child abuse and low wages. He disapproves church imposed celibacy and never drinks tinned chocolate. He loves his country, all beautiful things, scenery, animals, flowers, women and children, Jamaica’s white rum which he hardly drinks, classical music, reading, writing, Morris Carghill/s irony, free-thinking, gardening and cooking, early bed, yet staying up late, and waking too early.
Anthology of OriginalPoetry.com
American-Jamaican Anthology of Original Poetry
Beautifire
Proverbe’s de’ les Roses
Three Poems have been published in The Other Side of the Screen:
Poems, ‘the Orca and the Owl,’ ‘Starfish Starfish,” and “Red Kettle,” Paperback – July 21, 2015 by Alicja Kuberska (Author), Danuta B (Contributor)
“You Didn’t Tell Me You Were A Poet (Poem)” is available along with many other Poets and Poems world wide. This is a Poetry International Anthology, Dedicated to Love. 
A Song For A Broken World (Poem) in Atlantyckie strofy
Poets Of Blood The Poets’ Edition Volumes One & Two Paperback & Hardcover
This book is not intended for it’s original purpose. This book is for every Poet who donated for the cause! IN 2010 & 2011 The Poets of Blood By Demand & on Demand from the Poets of Blood!
No Royalties. This is a genuine Poets of Blood Book

John E. WordSlinger th’King of th’Poets of Blood Volumes 1 & 2
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